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 Life Is Difficult Are You Ready?

MESSAGE FROM THE FEAST FOUNDER SERVANT’S SHARING

BRO. BO SANCHEZ MIKI FABROS

I was going to fulfil a long-time fairy tale dream: To bring my sexy wife of 25- This is one of the questions that I always encounter since I started
years on a honeymoon to Switzerland. (Thank God I just finished leading a serving God through The Feast. And I tell you, it is a very
pilgrimage in Europe, so it was just a stone’s throw away.) dangerous one!
And we were excited.
In 2006, I first discovered God’s love for me during a Sunday TV
But on the day we were going there, I woke up with a heaviness in my chest. mass. My family was struggling financially back then, and I had to
Like a dark cloud shrouded over me.
stop going to college. I, a 19-year old kid, had to work full time to
I couldn’t put my finger on it. What I was feeling? And why? support my education. In 2007, I learned more about God’s love
through a book by Bro. Bo Sanchez. Then in 2010, I started
So I sat down with it. And remained still. attending The Feast. Finally in 2018, when The Feast SM Calamba
started, I responded to God’s love for me by serving. And that took
And little by little, it uncovered its face to me: It was fear.
12 long years.
And soon, I realized why. I was afraid this was too good for me. That I was
unworthy. That I didn’t deserve this. I felt shame eating up my soul. At first, the intention I had as a servant was serving through my
But once it was named, it lost its power.
photos. No more, no less. I had no idea that God was planning
behind my back. He surprised me with the question, “Are you
Inch by inch, I felt God’s shaft of light pierce through the smog of my shame. I ready?” The first instance God asked me was when I was assigned
heard His whisper in my heart: “Bo, enjoy My love.”
to be a co-head of the Media and Marketing Ministry. I am not
Boooom! With those words, my sense of dread blew away like a mist. ready but I just said, “Yes Lord!” Then, He asked it again the
second time! I responded the same and found myself doing a love
It’s amazing how I came to know God’s Love when I was a 12-year old kid in a offering video testimony to be shown to all Feasters. Then, He
small Catholic prayer meeting, but after 45 years of being pursued by this
asked again for the third time! I found myself sharing my story
relentless love, I still doubt it. Every once in a while, I’m still suspicious if it’s
really true—if I’m really His Beloved. through writing. All of these things that I did, I never knew I could
do until I said YES to Him. And it blessed me more than I can
And this is the crux of the entire Bible story. imagine. All of these in just 5 months.
Have a glorious Feast today!
My girlfriend once told me, “No one is ever ready when God calls.”
Friend, God may be asking you the same question: “Are you
May your dreams come true, ready?” Respond to Him now and get ready to be blessed!

Bo Sanchez
 Troubling With God Looking At The Mirror

LIFE’S A FEAST MESSAGE FROM THE FEAST BUILDER

SHERRY ANNE RODRIGUEZ BRO. TOTO TOME

We all experience hardships, discouragements, and loneliness in life. When we are uncertain about how God sees us or how He feels about
Indeed, no one is exempted from it. The Feast last week reminded me us, life can often feel scary and insecure. Most of the time, when we
that whenever we are in a difficult situation, we are not alone. There are look at ourselves in the mirror, we see poor self-images. This affects
right persons waiting to help us,we just have to gain the courage to our behavior and may differ greatly from the way God sees us.
open up to them.
A classic example of this is the story of Gideon. In chapter 6 of the
At this moment, I remembered one situation in my life where I felt so Book of Judges, the angel of the Lord comes to meet him and says,
"Hello, mighty man of valor." Gideon's response to that is that his clan
down. I grew up in a not so wealthy family and during my college years,
is the weakest in his tribe, and he is the least member of it! (Judges
my parents worked hard and did everything they can to get me and
6:15)
my siblings through college. I tried to help by working as a student
assistant and gave my best to pass all my subjects. During my last year
Friend, are you like Gideon? Because of previous rejections, criticisms,
in college, I was somehow confident that I will able to finish my degree. failures, disappointments, and hurts, you may come to think of
I am excited to make my parents happy and fulfill my dreams to give yourself as not good enough.
them the comfortable life they deserve. However, during my last
semester, the worst thing for every graduating student happened. I Looking at the mirror doesn't show you what's inside your heart.
failed one subject and had to repeat my thesis. I was so down. I
questioned God, “Why?” I was His servant since I was a kid. I always go Rather than calling yourself inept, unlovable, or hopeless, God has very
to church every Sunday and I am a devoted Catholic. Graduating on different things to say about you.
time was my only wish but He didn’t let me do it. I suddenly refrained
from serving Him until one day, I went to church and realized that I was "But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the
wrong. I told my parents that I will not graduate on time. It finally hit right to become children of God." John 1:12
me that my parents never told me to finish my degree on time; they
just wanted me to finish it and endure the challenges. This verse doesn't speak of our being unwanted or our being seen as
nothing. Yes, we have a lot of growing up to do even after we become
believers, but there is much good news about how God sees us. He
At that moment, I realized how God wanted me to trust Him. I raised all
loves us deeply. He sees your heart. He doesn't judge you the way
my worries to Him. I took the subject again and passed it. I finished my
other people judge you.
thesis and was able to publish it in a scientific journal. This big trouble
during my college days became my shining moment. Now, I am
In 1 Samuel 16:7, God says, "Don't consider his appearance or his height,
working and fulfilling my parents’ dream with God beside me all the for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things people
time. look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at
the heart."
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